"An oasis of horror in a desert of…" — Charles Baudelaire

"An oasis of horror in a desert of boredom."

— Charles Baudelaire

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266 Quotes by Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire has 266 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk; get drunk…
Nothing can be done except little by little.
I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.
I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a…
Always be a poet, even in prose.
Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them.
It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never…
An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense which shows him intoxicating pleasures,…
How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But remembering is only a new…
There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.
The world only goes round by misunderstanding.
Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry.

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In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach
I have a fear of being boring. — Christian Bale
No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film. — Robert Adams
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. — Charles Baudelaire
Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away. — Walter Benjamin
Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that… — Renata Adler
Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen. — Ambrose Bierce
For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life… — Joseph Brodsky
I hate small towns because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do. — Lenny Bruce
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. — Jean de la Bruyere
I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so… — Warren Buffett
In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom. — William S. Burroughs

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